Socialism in the 21st Century

Monday, August 24, 2020 - 1:00pm
Michael Lebowitz & Camila Pineiro Harnecker

The idea of socialism has gained great popularity as an alternative to capitalism, particularly among the young. In the last century it was conceived as a state directed economy.  Today Leftists are rethinking socialism afresh, with a focus on a resilient civil society as the foundation. This emphasizes democratic participation at the grass roots and a state that facilitates popular autonomy. That at least is one version.

Michael Lebowitz and Camila Pineiro Harnecker discuss these issues. Lebowitz is a Marxist economist who was an advisor in Venezuela during the Chavez government.  He has authored several books, among which is The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development and has a new one coming out soon:  Between Capitalism and Community. Camila Pineiro is a Cuban social scientist who is a prominent advocate of cooperatives in socialist construction. She put together the volume Cooperatives and Socialism: A View from Cuba. Dario Azzellini, who, due to technical difficulties, was not able to speak, comes from the autonomist tradition. He has authored Communes and Workers Control in Venezuela: Building 21st Century Socialism from Below. 

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